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Kristina Sews
@ktinasews.bsky.social
👩🏻‍💻Engineer by profession, sewist by passion🪡
Quilting, embroidery, and sewing clothes!
Opinions are my own
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I know my fellow math nerds will appreciate this: presenting “Aperiodic Hat Trick” a handsewn textile art piece composed of English Paper Pieced aperiodic monotiles in the hat shape.
Available for auction soon (!!) at the OVAC 12x12 art fundraiser October 3rd. Link in bio 💚
September 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Bonus round of my cat laying on this quilt any chance he could get ❤️
June 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
And that’s the story! I mailed it back to my friend (as they live on the other side of the country from me now) and their dog is already cuddling on it. Before I sent it off I made sure to get some good final photos tho 🌹
June 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
And to prevent further tears on the many other seams along the quilt top, I added more quilting to the whole thing. This should help any stresses and strain on the blanket to lean into those quilting stitches rather than my scant HST stitches.
June 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I used a kind of reverse cathedral windows technique, where I placed the patch under the split seam, and rolled the edges of the quilt top back to create an orange peel shape, before whipstitching it down by hand.
June 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
So the quilt came back to my sewing office in March of this year. Over the following months I spent my downtime handsewing patches, using the scraps I still had from the original tattoo patterned backing fabric. Because yes, I hoard fabric 😅
June 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Most notably I used too scant of a seam allowance on the half-square-triangle pieces. Over years of use (and many snuggles from the dog’s claws) those seams started to pull apart.
June 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I initially designed and sewed this quilt back in 2022 for my dear friends wedding. With over 900 individual pieces, was the first top-to-binding quilt I had ever finished! So I made some mistakes along the way
June 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
A little more info on this quilt I’ve dubbed Sawtooths and Pinwheels 🌹
Psst there’s cat photos below!
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June 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I recently finished mending this quilt I made 3 years ago! 🌹
June 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I recently had two pieces premiere at the ONE Spring Night auction benefiting my local arts council! 💐 If you’re interested in supporting the arts and claiming one of these textile artworks, you can contact Leslie at the email on each listing: www.32auctions.com/organization...
March 31, 2025 at 9:08 PM
They’re heeeeere!! 💌
Thank you everybody for your support of P4A and of my artwork! If one lands in your mailbox, please please let me know which one you got 🥺
March 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Everything is Tuberculosis is here!! /jk

Congratulations on the book birthday. This is the quilted postcard I made and donated based off the cover for the P4A2025 Nerdfighter art 🧡
March 19, 2025 at 1:33 AM
A wedding quilt I made a few year ago is back in the office for a few mends. Of course if there is a quilt in my house, Otto will lay on it.
March 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
My personal best of show continues to be this springtime quilt I made from 2022-23, titled “Bloom Through Adversity.” First quilt I made just for me 🥰 This past year it won a ribbon at my state fair in the hand quilting category!
#quiltathomecon2025
February 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Over on the IG it’s time for #quiltathomecon! For the uninitiated, this week is the big annual Quilt Con in Phoenix, AZ, and for those of us cozied up at home we celebrate Quilt-At-Home-Con with sew along prompts, giveaways, and more! Today’s prompt is your personal best in show quilt:
February 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
We’re here because we’re here. Thank you #p4a2025
February 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This year for #p4a2025 I voted for the charity She’s The First! You can vote for your preferred charity to receive a P4A grant at projectforawesome.com by scrolling down, selecting a video, the clicking DONATE on the right.
February 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Hope is the thing with feathers #p4a2025
Project for Awesome is in its final hour right now!! projectforawesome.com
February 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
when did this get here?? projectforawesome.com #p4a2025
February 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Honk Green has returned!! #p4a2025
February 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
watching the #p4a2025 stream right now and while John does look bonita, I’m glad he had time for a public service reminder
February 16, 2025 at 1:37 AM
honk green
February 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
and after 😅
February 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
meet honk green, in quilted postcard form! based on art by @coltonscolors.dftba.social
#p4a2025 @projectforawesome.bsky.social @hankgreen.bsky.social
February 15, 2025 at 10:51 PM